Enter your Oracle Applications Username, Password, and Connect database name

Oracle Applications Support B-5 1. Select Tools | Options from the main menu to display the Options dialog: Figure B–5 The Options dialog

2. Select the Connect to standard EULs option.

3. Click OK.

B.3.5 Connection Configuration When connecting to Discoverer Desktop as an Oracle Applications user, you can edit your shortcut properties to enable you to log in automatically in various ways. B.3.5.1 Editing your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon

1.

On your Windows desktop, right-click your Discoverer Desktop icon.

2. Click Properties.

3. Choose the Shortcut tab.

4. Type in your changes to the Target box.

Here are three examples that show how your Discoverer Desktop shortcut can be configured: B.3.5.2 Specify a basic Connect

1. Edit your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon, see

Editing your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon .

2. Enter the Target string as follows:

dis51usr.exe APPS_GWYUID GATEWAY_ID APPS_FNDNAM FOUNDATION_ID APPS_USER where: GATEWAY_ID is your Gateway User ID, this must be in upper-case. FOUNDATION_ID is your Foundation name, this must be in upper-case. B-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Here, the APPS_USER argument specifies that Discoverer Desktop should connect using Oracle Applications usernames. In the Discoverer Desktop Connect dialog, the user enters their username as a concatenation of the Applications username and responsibility, separated by a colon character :. The Password and Database string are entered as normal. For example: Username: jchung:Purchasing Manager Password: password Database: database_name B.3.5.3 Specify a Connect with an automatic Responsibility

1. Edit your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon, see

Editing your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon .

2. Enter the Target string as follows:

dis51usr.exe APPS_GWYUID GATEWAY_ID APPS_FNDNAM FOUNDATION_ID APPS_USER APPS_RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBILITY where: GATEWAY_ID is your Gateway User ID, this must be in upper-case. FOUNDATION_ID is your Foundation name, this must be in upper-case. RESPONSIBILITY is your Responsibility, this is case insensitive. Here, the APPS_RESPONSIBILITY argument specifies that Discoverer Desktop should connect with the Responsibility defined. In the Discoverer Desktop Connect dialog, the user enters in their Username, Password, and Database as normal. For example: Username: jchung Password: password Database: database_name B.3.5.4 Bypass the Connect dialog with an automatic Connect

1.

Edit your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon, see Editing your Discoverer Desktop shortcut icon .

2. Enter the Target string as follows:

dis51usr.exe APPS_GWYUID GATEWAY_ID APPS_FNDNAM FOUNDATION_ID APPS_USER CONNECT username:responsibilitypassworddatabase where: GATEWAY_ID is your Gateway User ID, this must be in upper-case. FOUNDATION_ID is your Foundation name, this must be in upper-case. username is your Username, this is case insensitive. responsibility is your Responsibility, this is case insensitive. password is your Password, this is case insensitive. database is your Database, this is case insensitive. Here, the Discoverer Desktop Connect dialog is bypassed and a connection is made automatically.